Under the cliff is the rolling Wei River.
The idiom "Jing and Wei are distinct" refers to the difference between Jingshui and Weishui. Jingshui is clear, while Weishui is turbid. The two waters flow together without mixing.
But at the bottom of this cliff is the pure Wei River, a surging yellow stream that cannot be seen below.
After Gongsun Xi jumped down, an inconspicuous wave splashed up. It took a long time before he saw what seemed to be his head emerging from the water some distance away from where he fell into the water. But it soon disappeared. Plunged into the water again.
"Grandma, will something happen to him?" On the cliff, Princess Gaomi stood facing the wind with no expression on her face. A step behind her, Lord Jian'an reached out to hold the silver hairpin on her temples that was almost blown off by the strong wind. He reached out to hold her arm and asked worriedly, "Although this person was born at sea and must be proficient in water, the Wei River is turbid and the buoyancy is probably not as good as that of sea water. Furthermore...it seems that he did not go directly to the shore, but went downstream. Next, I am probably planning to find Queen Meng, this...?"
Half a day ago, Princess Gaomi failed to persuade Gongsun Xi to give up taking away Queen Meng, leaving the two granddaughters of Guangchang County and Yunyang County as hostages, and went out alone to make arrangements.
She is the royal concubine of King Gaomi, and has always been respected by King Gaomi. Her family background is not low, and she is the biological mother of his son, so she has always been dignified. Even though the couple had a dispute this time because of Concubine Mo's death, King Gaomi did not order anyone to show disgrace to her. At this time, he ordered someone to get the most spacious carriage and prepare it with drinks, dry food, injured people and so on. Objects such as medicine and silver were waiting downstairs, and they were temporarily dismissed for a while.
Although everyone was confused and surprised by her actions, they didn't dare to ask after seeing Princess Gaomi's cold expression.
The Lord of Jian'an County just returned from his inspection tour. Seeing this, he stepped forward to inquire tactfully. At first, Princess Gaomi only coldly told her eldest granddaughter that she planned to go out of the city for a walk and see the Weishui River.
However, when the Lord of Jian'an County heard this, he thought too much and thought that his grandmother was aroused by Concubine Mo's funeral, so she had the idea of throwing herself into the water. He was so frightened that she burst into tears. He immediately knelt down and hugged her legs, and persuaded her with sincere words. She must not be confused!
Princess Gaomi: “…”
There was really no way to help the granddaughter, so she had to ask Aunt Zhao to go upstairs and guard the Guangchang County Lord and Yunyang County Lord who were still in a coma. By the way, after the sisters woke up, they told them not to talk too much, and took Jian'an County Lord with them. They got on the carriage where Gongsun Xi and Queen Meng were hiding, and traveled together.
Jian'an County Lord was frightened along the way, and kept trying to persuade the princess to be more open-minded. Not only did she think so, but the attendants who accompanied him also had this opinion, but they were frightened by the indifference of Princess Gaomi and did not dare to say anything.
While the group quietly sent people to report the news to King Gaomi and others, they also fearfully escorted Princess Gaomi out of Chang'an City through the south gate and headed towards the Weishui River.
Especially after discovering that the princess specifically picked a cliff and stopped the carriage at the foot of the cliff, she asked everyone on the left and right to step back, saying that she wanted to be alone. After all, the three cliffs faced the Weishui River. After searching, there was no danger inside, and there was no danger. There is no need for soldiers to follow step by step.
At this time, Lord Jian'an cried again, holding on to her sleeves and refusing to let go.
After the grandfather and grandson were in a stalemate for a while, Princess Gaomi lost to her again and promised her to stay.
Others thought that Princess Gaomi was already old and had not been in good health over the years. Although the Lord of Jian'an was just a weakling, she had always been healthy. No matter what the Princess wanted to do, the Lord could somewhat hold her back.
What's more, even though they were ordered to move away, they must have listened carefully to what was going on here. The prince shouted, delayed the princess's movements a little, and then they all rushed over.
In this way, he accepted the order hesitantly.
When Jian'an County Lord was still trying to persuade Princess Gaomi not to commit suicide, he saw two people emerging from the secret space under the carriage. He was stunned for a moment and almost called for help. Fortunately, Princess Gaomi had already been there. On guard, he pressed her mouth and told her to be silent before letting go and sighing: "Now you know I can't think about it anymore?"
"Grandma, this... this?" Jian'an County Lord just recovered from the shock. After a while, he recognized Gongsun Xi and Queen Meng and was shocked, "Are they?"
Princess Gaomi looked gloomy and said: "Someone wanted to make your third uncle fall out with us, so he assassinated the old woman Mo while A Xi was in the palace. In order to prevent this crime from falling on your third uncle. , Ah Xi asked me for help. I tried to bring them out of the palace."
Seeing her granddaughter's eyes falling on Queen Meng, she frowned and said, "This queen is on good terms with your third aunt. In order not to make your third aunt unhappy, Axi had no choice but to take her out with her."
The Lord of Jian'an heard the displeasure in his grandmother's tone and saw the embarrassment on Queen Meng's face, so he felt that he was a bit reluctant to open a certain pot. Although she and Empress Meng belong to different camps, and there is no friendship between them, but after all, they seem to be young and young, so the prince feels that he should not disgrace the empress, and I feel sorry for him now. He lowered his head, looked around again, and whispered: "But, how will they leave now?"
"Just walk along the Weishui River." Princess Gaomi nodded to Gongsun Xi and said, "You, He'er, who followed me since childhood, probably also made a living on the sea? In this case, the water quality should be no problem? Is this cliff high? If you are high and low, don't be low, just jump down and wander around...can you do it?"
Gongsun Xi nodded, clasped his fists towards her and thanked her: "Your Majesty, I will never forget your kindness in helping me today!"
Princess Gaomi said frankly: "It doesn't matter whether you remember my kindness or not. I'm just helping my son."
He looked at Lord Jian'an again and said, "Jian'an, go to the carriage and get the package I prepared, and we'll send them to the edge of the cliff!"
Jian'an County Lord was very confused at the moment. She knew that her grandmother, Princess Gaomi, was quite partial to her third uncle Rong Suihe, so she didn't really believe what her grandmother said was the reason why Gongsun Xi and Queen Meng appeared here. , and even suspected that Gongsun Xi was actually the murderer of Concubine Mo.
Princess Gaomi helped cover Gongsun Xi and Queen Meng's departure from the imperial city in order to protect Rong Suihe.
Although Lord Jian'an has no relationship with Concubine Mo, and has no hatred towards the person who murdered Concubine Mo, she is now a member of the imperial court, and she is still married to Huang Wu, who has a close relationship with Rong Qingzuo. Guilty, of course, there is also a subtle sensitivity to the situation.
At this moment, I somewhat doubted that Princess Gaomi fell in love with Rong Suihe due to the secret competition between the brothers Rong Qingzui and Rong Suihe...
However, due to Qi's teachings, she didn't say anything. Instead, she went to the carriage to get the package, hugged it, and walked up with Princess Gaomi.
Originally, Gongsun was pleased to see the Lord of Jian'an bringing the package and reached out to take it. However, seeing that the Lord of Jian'an didn't seem to have any intention of handing it over, he pulled the queen and turned around to follow Princess Gaomi.
While climbing up the cliff, the princess asked about Rong Suihe's current situation.
Seeing that Gongsun Xi said that he was not in Western Xinjiang during this period and was not very clear about it, he asked him about Rong Suihe's daily life when he was still in Western Xinjiang.
After chatting for a while, because the cliff is not particularly high, we walked to the top.
There is some vegetation on the cliff, otherwise the traces of Gongsun Xi and Queen Meng would have been seen long ago. However, there is only a few vegetation on the section that stretches out above the Wei River. I don’t know if it is because of the strong wind on the river. The knee-high wildflowers and grasses look like a small flowerbed surrounded by a circle of trees behind them.
In this season, the "little flower garden" is lush and green, and there are many yellow and white wild flowers blooming, which are fragrant and very cute.
However, none of the four people had any intention of admiring it at this moment. They just took a casual glance and looked at the bottom of the cliff: the Wei River, mixed with sediment on both sides of the river, was turbid and full of momentum, passing by in such a mighty manner.
As the river surged, the waves rolled up and hit the rocks under the cliff, and a few water droplets even splashed onto their cheeks.
None of the three female relatives knew how to swim. Seeing this situation, Lord Jian'an quickly pulled Princess Gaomi back a few steps, fearing that her grandmother would accidentally fall.
"Jian'an, please explain to Ah Xi what the contents of the package are." Princess Gaomi did look a little pale. After calming down a little, she broke away from Lord Jian'an's support and turned around to give instructions.
Then he said to Gongsun Xi, "We are in a hurry, and many medicine bottles and the like are not labeled. In case it is difficult for you to distinguish them when you need to use them, let Jian'an explain them to you! I am getting old and my eyes are dim. Don't If you look at it wrong, it will harm you."
Gongsun Xi wanted to say that he could tell the difference by himself without telling him about common medicines for injuries, but Princess Gaomi also ordered Lord Jian'an, "After you tell A Xi, wrap him up properly and make sure that after he falls into the water, he will be returned to the shore after he falls into the water." It works!”
Lord Jian'an bowed his head and agreed. Because there were a lot of things in the package, he squatted down, untied it on the grass, and explained to Gongsun Xi one by one.
Gongsun Xi squatted down as a sign of courtesy and listened patiently to her words.
Unexpectedly, halfway through speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of a heavy object falling into the water behind him. The face of Jian'an County Lord changed, and he quickly looked up to find the figure of Princess Gaomi. At a glance, he saw his grandmother's plain clothes like snow, with her hair flying. At the edge of the independent cliff, he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was just a misunderstanding due to the surging water below. He lowered his head and continued to explain to Gongsun Xi how to use a bottle of wound medicine, but Gongsun Xi suddenly looked sharply and shouted: "Where is the Queen?!"
Jian'an County Lord raised his head in surprise, only to find that there were only three people on the top of the cliff clearly visible at a glance. Queen Meng, who was not far from Princess Gaomi, had disappeared without knowing it!
"...I pushed her down!" Princess Gaomi, who was standing on the edge of the cliff facing the wind, slowly turned her head and said expressionlessly, "As I said just now, she is a burden! But you are my helper! How can you do this for just a trivial matter? Children’s affair destroys their own future?!”
Gongsun Xi glared at her: "This humble position is based on the order of the princess..."
"Axi, you are younger than my He'er, and you still want to hide this kind of thing from me?" But Princess Gaomi sneered and interrupted him, "You will have a bright future with He'er. What kind of woman will you want in the future? No? Why do you have to get together with this queen of the Meng family?! You should know that once the matter between you and her spreads, others will not say anything about you, an unknown person, and all the dirty talk will be directed at you. Mi Zhen went!"
"Even if you don't care about dragging Mi Zhen down like this, I do care!!!"
She stared at Gongsun Xi coldly, "Since you don't listen to advice, then I have to do it myself and help you remove this stumbling block!!!"
"..." Gongsun Xi looked at her deeply, stood up without saying a word, walked to the edge of the cliff and jumped off!
... Lord Jian'an, who was completely confused by this scene, was observing his grandmother's expression at the moment. He didn't know what to say, but he also felt that there was a depressing discomfort in not speaking. He said nonchalantly: "Grandma, what should we do now?"
Princess Gaomi looked coldly at Gongsun Xi, who was heading downstream, with a complicated look in her eyes, and said lightly: "Of course the package should be packed well so that it won't be damaged even if it falls into the water... Then throw it down!"
"Ah?" Lord Jian'an was puzzled.
The princess sighed: "It was specially prepared for him. He jumped down without thinking about taking it. Now he can only throw it down and see if he can pick it up by chance... It is said that he once made a scene for the queen. Guards of time, do you know if you had a bad relationship with the queen at that time? Alas, He'er has enough things to do now, but the people around him are also uneasy! "
She frowned and said, "Jian'an, hurry up and throw the package down. Let's leave as soon as it's done!"
After a pause, "After we go down, ask people to burn this cliff for me! Otherwise, your grandfather will send people over to check and notice any clues!"